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Subject:    [E1000-devel] In This Tough Job Market..."How Many Interviews Does
From:       "Steve Eddington" <Steve.Eddington () ElectronicSearch ! com>
Date:       2009-09-02 15:55:39
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Hello,
 
I hope you enjoy and find some benefit from my article, "How Many Interviews Does it \
Take?" This and other hiring tips and commentary can be found at \
http://www.electronicsearch.com  
I welcome your comments (can be done from my blog page link below) and of course, \
your resume or call. 


How many Interviews does it take? 




I have had several conversations with candidates recently and some interesting facts \
have begun to surface. 

One friend said, "I had 13 interviews to eventually get hired."

Another said, "it is a 30 employee company and I have now had 6 interviews, and I am \
still going." 

I found myself laughing and then started thinking that If a person needs to meet 20% \
of the staff at a firm to be "accepted," what if the company had 5000 employees? How \
would that work? 

Maybe like this?

(Imagine the green smoke and eerie violin music of a dream) 

"Yes, Mr. Jones, you will be meeting 1000 of your potential colleagues before we \
extend you an offer. With some luck, the interviewing process should be completed in \
2 years. After the interviewing process is completed, we will require 6 months to \
evaluate the responses from the 1000 people and give you an answer promptly \
thereafter. Be advised that we will not discount the fact that more interviews may be \
necessary to fully evaluate your credentials. As a convenience, we have set up a web \
site for the purposes of keeping the information organized and accessible. Certain \
confidential parts of this site will, of course, not be viewable by you, the \
applicant, but you will be able to monitor how many of the interviewers have \
responded positively or negatively. Be further advised that the number of positive \
responses versus negative responses will not necessarily be the deciding factor in \
our decision. We appreciate your interest in us and wish you the best."

End of imaginary, dream-like, simulated altered-reality pictogram. 

I am not saying that my perverted, cartoon-like vision of the ultimate nightmare will \
ever really HAPPEN, it is just another example of how the "interviewing and \
selection" process has evolved over the last year or two. 

I am also NOT taking a cheap shot at employers who feel that "multiple" interviews \
are necessary to really evaluate someone. Sometimes it is necessary. 

This is humor.

Factually influenced fiction. 

In the old days, I would have a sales person come in at least twice to see if they \
owned more than one suit. Lots of times, they didn't. 

If you find yourself in the endless interview loop, it is never inappropriate to ask \
how long the process is and what to expect from each interview. The employer should \
be able to tell you how, and WHY they do it,  or better yet, ask the headhunter. 

Steve Eddington
 
 
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Click on the link below to see more information about Electronic Search Services \
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